Defense seeks to move Beret trial to the U S
Defense lawyers in the Green Beret murder case plan to shift the trial to a civilian U S court. They seek a habeas corpus writ and challenge the Army for violating the defendants constitutional rights as soldiers police and prosecutors. The six officers face murder and conspiracy charges with trials at Long Binh Army Post.
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Eral
Gutfit
Vietnam
Robert B. Mheaull
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Long Binh Stockade
Abrams
Long Binh
Saigon
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Leland J. Brumley
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Photos Show Viet Spy Murder and Green Beret Imprisonment
NBC's Huntley Brinkley report describes a May base raid in Cambodia where Thai Khae Chuyen a South Vietnamese interpreter linked to the Green Berets appeared in a friendly scene with North Vietnamese. The Green Beret unit under Col Ttheault shot Chuyen June 20 and dumped him at sea. CIA later objected, Abrams ordered action, six officers were imprisoned.
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NBC
Robert Goralski
Huntley-Brinkley
Cambodia
Hen
Khae Chuyen
Green Berets
Green Beret
Central Intelligence Agency
Vietnam
Goralski
CIA
Col. Making
Chuyen
Berets
Robert J. Ttheault
Rets
South China Sea
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Abrams
Critics of Military Not Optimistic
Washington critics of the $214 billion defense bill aim to strip about $3 billion before the measure reaches the House floor next week. Committee members say limited success depends on Chairman L Mendel Rivers and his panel, with hopes to remove some additions while preserving core authorizations for ships, missiles, and modernization.
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L. Mendel Rivers
D-8.c
House Armed Services Committee
Rivers
Senate
394Nan
Robert Lb. Leggett
Calif
Licien N. Nedzt
Dmich
Hivers
Nerzi
Nedai
Eough
U S Aims to Upgrade Reading Nationwide
Washington plans a nationwide drive to boost public school reading. U S Education Commissioner James E Allen Jr backs a goal that by 1970s end no student leaves school unable to read. The effort, named The Right to Read, will be state driven with federal support and research assistance from the Office of Education.
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James E. Allen Jr
U.S
Office of Education
al Jen
Los Angeles
National Association of State Boards of Education
Associates
Marines Cut Vietnam Tour to 12 Months Grounded in Command
Saigon sources report the US Marine Corps shortened Vietnam duty from 43 to 12 months aligning with Army Navy and Air Force policy. The move affects 72,000 Leathernecks and will reassign Marines with 10 months in Vietnam from the 1st to the 3rd Division and vice versa as withdrawal proceeds. The Nixon administration aims a further 35,000 cut by December 15.
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Army
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Air Force
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South Vietnam
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3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
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